34-year-old Kevin Gausman is only in his fourth season with the Toronto Blue Jays but he's already matching up with some of the best pitchers in the history of this nearly 50 year-old franchise. With 739 strikeouts as a member of the Blue Jays in 676.1 innings pitched, gives him a 9.83 K/9 rate. That's the fourth best among Toronto pitchers who have thrown a minimum of 230 innings.
He's ahead of memorable names like Duane Ward (9.28) and Brandon Morrow (9.38) and trails only Roger Clemens (10.16), Yusei Kikuchi (10.20) and Tom Henke (10.29) in that category.